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fore-setnes

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Hé nǽfre þá foresetenesse his munuchádes ánforlét (cf. hé heóld his mune[c]lice ingehýd, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 13), Bl. H. 219, 32. Add

nefne

Grammar
nefne, <b>. II.</b> add: <b>II a.</b> without negative,
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only, nothing but Dó tó drence nǽdran geworhte swá lǽcas cunnon, and þonne hié ǽlcra drincan willen, drincan hié nemne wæter, Lch. ii. 202, 18

þunrian

(v.)
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Gif hit þunrað on ǽfentíde, hit getácnað ácennednysse sumes miceles si tonitruauerit hora uespertina, significat natiuitatem cuiusdam magni, Archiv cxx. 50, l [see þunor]. Add

ongeán-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-cyme, es; m.

A return

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A return Útfæreld his fram fæder, ongeáncyme (regressus) his tó fæder, and utrene tó helle, ongeáncyme (recursus ) tó setle Godes, Hymn. Surt. 44, 17, 23

geþing-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
geþing-sceat, es; m.

Ransom

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Ransom He ne sealde Gode nǽnne geþingsceat wið his miltse he gave God no ransom for his mercy, Past. 45; Swt. 339, 10; Hat. MS

þeód-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-gestreón, es; n.
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Nalæs hine læssan lácum teódan, þeódgestreónum, 87; B. 44

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity forseóð selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27.

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not wearyfresh

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Not weary, fresh Æt níxtan wurdon ealle geteorode, and hé ána unwérig him æfter fyligde, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 34. Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.

dolg-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolg-swæþ, n.: -swaþu; f.
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grápodon ðá dolhswaðu, 302, 2. fem. Nán dolswaþu næs gesýne, Hml. Th. ii. 492, 9. Hé hæfde áne dolhswaðe on his hneccan, Hml. S. 30, 268. Dolgsuaþhe plagae uestigia, cicatrices, Bl. Gl. Dolcswaðan cicatrices, Hpt. Gl. 510, 57

gist-ærn

Grammar
gist-ærn, gist-ern.
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Eódon in sumes túngeréfan healle (giæstern, v. l.) intrauerunt hospitium cujusdam uilici, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 7. a place of shelter Gewát sió lió út of þám scræfe . . . and hió unc forgeaf ꝥ gestern, Hml. A. 207, 407

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Mt. 19, 29. ꝥ be hundfealdum m

ge-wilnung

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Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede sua cupidine accensi, 27, 18.

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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Ðá gerád he ða burg æt Tameworþige; and him cierde to eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande, ðe Æðelflǽde ǽr underþeóded wæs then, while king Edward was tarrying there [at Stamford], Æthelfled his sister died at Tamworth, twelve nights before midsummer.

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Ben. 114, 8. of dead matter, to get worn out with long use, to decay through being kept too long Warnige hé ꝥ ꝥ húsl ná forealdige; gif hit for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, forbærne hit man, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 7. Hé funde on þám mynstre ...

ge-dwimor

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Hig worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum, 11, 5. Se deófol wyrcð þonne wundra þurh his scíncræft mid leásum gedwimorum, Hml. S. 35, 351. Sum gedwola mid manegum gedwimorum þæt landfolc bedydrode lange, 31, 834. Hé (St.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto deny, renounce, abjure

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Hié Gode eáðmódlíce lác onsægdon, Blickl. Homl. 201, 14. Onsecggaþ gé him mid sóðfæstnesse wæstmum, 41, 10. Ne yld ðú ðæt ðú ðám myclan godum mid ús onsecge diis magnis sacrificare ne differas, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 36.

un-gewitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewitfull, adj.

foolishinsensatemadinsanenot in one's senses

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Welan and weorþscipes willniaþ, and ðonne hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap swá ungewitfulle ðæt habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum

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ge-wiht

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Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8. Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte, 312, 18. Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml.

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Hié ongunnon mid sweordum and mid strengþum þyder gán; þohton ðæt hié woldan ofsleán ða apostolas, Blickl. Homl. 151, 1. referring to things, strength, efficacy, virtue, beneficial power Hæfþ hit ða strængðe hyne tó gewyrmenne Lchdm. i. 116, 1.